Man Who Fell to Earth

Berkeley’s Rialto Cinemas Elmwood is honoring David Bowie by screening the late rock and pop culture icon’s best-known movie, “The Man Who Fell to Earth,” for one week beginning Jan. 15.
The Nicolas Roeg-directed film features a perfectly cast Bowie as a pale alien who crash lands on Earth looking for water to send back to his dying planet. He amasses a fortune due to his superior intellect and gets a vivid indoctrination into the profound weirdness of American culture. Rip Torn (as a business partner) and Candy Clark (as a crass inebriant who becomes Bowie’s lover) co-star in the 1976 film that has become a cult favorite thanks to Bowie being Bowie (androgynous, strange and brilliant) and Roeg’s mind-tripping, quick-cutting cinematic flourishes.
Bowie died Jan. 10 after a long bout with cancer
Tickets to “Man Who Fell to Earth” are $8.50-$11. More information is at rialtocinemas.com/elmwood.